Bumper



J.' H. SAGER.

1N VEN TOR.

"- 5- @ATTORNEYS isieeei.

TMES E. SAGEB, GE ROCHESTER, NE'W YORK, ASSGNCR TD J. SA-ER F ROCHESTER, NEW YGR'K, CGRPQRATON.

o Mineur,

sonnerie.

Specification of Letters Eatent. ai'ant fllig. .iiy

Application filed Mey 29,. 192D. Serial No. 385,112.

To all whom it 'may Convey?.-

'Be it known that i, JAMES Simian., e.

citizen oi the United States. and resident oi Rochester, in the county oi iiouroe and Stets 'of New York, have invented certain newV eno; usefui Improvements in Bumpers, of which the following is e specification.

The presentii'ivention relates to bumpers and more particularly to the type adapted to be secured to the frames of vehicles such 'es automobiles, an object of this invention being to provide a construction in which adapting members are associated with the bumper supporting arms for the purpose of 'adapting said arms tothe curved ends of dierent Vehioie frames. Another omeet of the invention is to provide en adapting member which 'is reversible in order to fit either of two diierently shaped. frame bers. Stili another object of the invention is to provide for efeetijfeiy securing an adapting Y member wbetween e bumper suppoiting arm and .a Vehicle frame bar.

To these and other ends.. the 'inveuemi oi printsT :iii which will 1ne hereinafter oesorioed, the nov'ei features being' pointed. out in the appended claim.

En the drawings' z Figure l is pien View et e bumper r fgporting erin attached to 'freine o un eutoniojf Fig. 2- is a. si of s. bumper su vehicle :trarne ber;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View of supporting showing the si" oti 1oer in one position interposeffi bumper supporting erm :ini freine ber;

Fig. is e 'View siiniier to Fig. -3 sho-Wing the adapting member in .its other position between the bumper supporting erin sufi the reiiioie frame oai-;

Fie. 5 is e pian View .oi` the niemeer; and l o is a seetionei View through the se-@ting member.

Referring more pertieuieriyto tine ir-ewbumper ng' niemadapting .ingsiniieetes tiieeurvefi forward end oi onstruetion. The supporting arms inl this insteuee each embody :in outer member '3 seeure to the bumper bur and. an inner member fi, the outer member being teiescoping within the inner member and a spring being arranged about a. boit 6 Within the linner member enti holding' the outer member yieidingiy in proper position. The inner end of the inner member 4 is provieie. with e curved abutting' surface 7 adapte to bear against and to contorni to the eurred end of the vehicle traine ber i.

In order to secure, the bumper Suppen-ing; erin to the vehicle freine bar, it is preferred to provide the vehicle supporting; ber en.

' opposite sicies with laterallyv extensiing lugs 8-, the rear feces of tnese ings being .insh with the Curved rear end oit' the bumper supe porting erin. These ings are preferably midway between the upper end the iower edges of the curved surface I and they are perimeter?. to receive the arms oi' e e5 shepefi clip Si which is passed about the irame bei' i end has nuts l() operating' ou its arms for the purpose of drawing the eiip rniiy about the. 'ironie bei' l, and the curved abutting ce 7 irmiy against the ironie bei'.

with eeen bumper supporting en a epting member 1i. this tnieinb end i3, the curved surface i2 conforming 'i'fiie curved abutting surface 7 on the 'in'- ner end of the bumper supporting eini and the curved suriaee 13 being adapted to enoiekness from. one side thereof to the opposite side. The purpose of this arrangement is to permit the edeptiug member when in one position'in engagement with the curved abutting surface es iniiieeted in Fig. 3 to eonfornito the curved enti la et e vehiei'e freine bei' of iess steepness than the bei" l so that the supporting erin 0f the bumper may be positioned iiorizonteiiy or, when the sriapting member is revei'se, es shown in 4, to conform te the curved emi i" of e freine Der of steeper curvature time the freine bar l so thetthe bumper supporting am; may ie in. e horizontal position. adapting Washer is preiereby provided on opposite sides With perioreteei Vflugs le. the

e iiring tivo curved surfaces i2' The openings 15 of said lugs lbeing* adapted to receive the arms of the U-shaped clip 9 in order that said clip may also be utilized for securing the adapting washer or member. The lugs '14 are symn'ietrically arranged with reference to the opposite sides ot' the Washer so that the Washer will be substantially flush with the end of the bumper-supporting arm in either position of said Washer.

' From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a bumper support ing arm which has a curved vabutting end adapted to directly bear against a vehicle frame bar or t0 cooperate with an adapting Washer so that the trame bars `ot `other curvatures mai'r be engaged rlhis adapting Washer is reversible and it is held in position by the fastening means which secures the bumper supporting means to the vehicle trame.

`What claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A bumper provided with a supporting arm having an end curved to conform to the curved end of a 'vehicle frame bar, an adapting member having a t'ace curved to conform to the curved end of the supporting arm and a face curved to conform to the curved end of another vehicle trame bar, the tivo curved faces of the adapting member being so arranged with reference to each other that the adapting member increases in width from one side thereof to the opposite sides.

2. A bumper 4provide-d with a supporting arm having an end formed to tit a vehicle frame bar, and an adapting member having a face formed to it the end of the bumper supporting arm and a face formed to coperate with the curved end of another vehicle frame bar.

3. A bumper provided with a supporting arm having an end adapted to cooperate with a Vvehicle 'frame bar, an adapting meinber having a face to conform to the end of the bumper supporting arm and a 'face adapted to cooperate with the curved end of another' vehicle iframe bar, the supporting arm and the adapting member having registering openings, and fastenng means passing through said registering openings to secure the supporting arm and. theadapting member to a vehicle 'frame bar.

al. A bumper provided' with a supporting arm having' an end curved to conform to the curved end of a vehicle frame bar and provided with lugs on opposite sidesthereot formed with openings, an adapting member having a face to conform to the curved end of the supporting arm and a face curved to conform to the curved end ot another vehicle frame bar, said adapting member having lugs on opposite sides formed with openings registering with the openings in ther lugs of the supporting arm, and fastening means passing through the registering openings to secure the supporting arm and the adapting member to a vehicle frame bar.

A bumper provided with a supporting arm having an end formed to cooperate with the curved end of a vehicle frame bar, and a reversible adapting member having a face conforming to the end of the bumper supporting arm in either' position or' the adapting member, said -adaptingl member also having a. face adapted to cooperate with a vehicle frame bar in either position oit' the adapting member.

6. A bumper provided with a supporting arm having a' curved end to conform to the curved end' of a vehicle frame bar, said supporting arm also having lugs on opposides Ylormed with openings, a reversibi adapting member having a 'face curved to conform to the curved end. of t. e supporting arm and a face curved to conform to the curvedend ot' another vehicle frame bar, said adapting member having lugs on opposite sides provided With openings adapted to register with the openings in the lugs 'on the supporting arm in either position of the adapting member. and tastening means passing through the registering openings in the supportii'ig arm and the adapting niemlgier to hold the supporting arm and the adapting member to a vehicle 'trame bar. JAMES H. SGER. 

